Press Releases

LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pixel and Verse Films issued the following:

CHICAGO, May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Restaurant Association has announced the winners of the second annual Operator Innovations Awards, with Kennesaw State University taking home the prestigious Innovator of the Year award. Selected by an independent panel of expert judges, the winners were recognized for their achievements in driving advancement in the foodservice industry.

LONDON, May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Internet users have instructed lawyers to press European internet regulators to take robust action to address Google's repeated privacy breaches once and for all and to ensure Google complies with European laws in the future.

London-based law firm Olswang has written to the regulators, setting set out the concerns of consumers about Google's consolidation of personal data.  The internet giant is pooling data from all of its products, giving it a comprehensive record of each internet user's preferences.

ORLANDO, Fla., May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The non-surgical Stretta® procedure employing low power and low temperature radiofrequency (RF) energy is effective in control of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and eliminates or reduces the need for medication 10 years post-procedure, according to an independent, prospective long-term assessment presented today at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting May 18-21, 2013 in Orlando, Florida.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mark Begelman, the 2-time winner of Ernst and Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year" award, former Financial News CEO of the Year and Board member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is going back into the music business with partner Keith Ridenour.

CHICAGO, May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Catholic Church teaching calls same-sex attraction "an objective disorder" and condemns homosexual activity as immoral, though it also calls on Catholics to welcome and respect gays and lesbians in their faith communities. How the latter can be accommodated with the former is a mystery and therefore creates a web of bigotry resulting in Catholics losing their jobs, being denied the sacraments, being excommunicated or being made to feel 'less than' by their church leaders because of who their families are as a result of love.

SAN DIEGO, May 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Blue Loan Services, a full service mortgage company that serves homeowners within California, was recently awarded a place as one of the Top 50 California Lenders according to mortgage rate and lender review website, Lender 411. This honor comes as no surprise to the company's clients, most of which have many good things to say about Brandon Blue, the Senior Loan Officer, and the rest of the team of mortgage professionals at Blue Loan Services in their reviews.

MOLINE, Ill., May 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Electro Freeze®, a division of H.C. Duke and Son, LLC (Duke), today introduced to the U.S. frozen dessert industry, Genni™, the first soft serve frozen dessert quality management smartphone app. Genni™ mobilizes the Company's newly released Virtual Quality Management System™ (VQM™) in their Genesis Series™ Soft Serve Freezer line. "We want to give operators the ability to better manage their soft serve assets from across the store, or anywhere in the world where they can use their phone or tablet," said Tom Hotard, President.

WALTHAM, Mass., May 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bentley graduates are armed with superpowers, thanks to Bert and John Jacobs, brothers and co-founders of the Boston-based Life is good (LIG) company. The dynamic duo addressed approximately 1,000 Bentley University undergraduate students at the 94th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18, 2013.